davenport
pronunciation
How to pronounce davenport in British English:
UK ['dævnpɔ:t]
How to pronounce davenport in American English:
US ['dævənˌpoʊrt]
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- Noun:
- a small decorative writing desk
- a large sofa usually convertible into a bed
Word Origin
- davenport (n.)
- "large upholstered couch," 1897, apparently named for the manufacturer. Earlier (1853) "a kind of small ornamental writing table." The proper name is attested from 12c., from a place in Cheshire (Old English Devennport).
Example
- 1. 11the Quad cities river bandits and the peoria chiefs play a game april 20 inside modern woodmen park in davenport , iowa .
- 2. No power plant is proposed , but one could be operating in about 10 years , said doug perry , president and ceo of davenport newberry .
- 3. The davenport plant now employs some 2000 people , which is more than it had before the recession . Alcoa expects to hire about 80 more within the coming months .
- 4. A psychological operations officer in america 's army central command , major richard davenport , argued in the armed forces journal in 2009 that china was making use of sun tzu 's advice to wage cyber warfare against america .
- 5. Nancy davenport of the district of columbia public library ( dcpl ) wondered if , in the absence of a licensing agreement , she could as a consumer buy access to books dcpl sought for a special collection of local history .